Basket for catching sewing from machines



No. 610,854. Patented Sept. l3, I898.

, M. C. ARRIGK. BASKET FOB CATGHING SEWING FROM MACHINES.

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BASKET FOR CATCHINGSEWING FROM MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,854, dated September 13, 1898.

Application filed December 81, 1896. Serial No. 617,588. (Nomodeld To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARIAM G. ARRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at W'elcome, in the county of Marshall and State of iVest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baskets to Catch Sewing from Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de-' scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to baskets or receptacles, and is designed especially for use upon sewing-machines for the purpose of catching the fabric or work as it falls from a sewingmachine table, the said basket or receptacle being adapted when not in use to be folded out of the way, so as to offer no projection beyond the edge of the table, and also adapted when required in use to be extended in a short space of time so as to catch the work, the said basket combining the necessary strength with minimum bulk and weight. The improved basket or receptacle While especially designed for use upon sewing-machines is applicable to various uses which will readily suggest themselves.

The invention consists in a folding or collapsible basket or receptacle embodying certain novel features and details of construction hereinafter specifically set forth, illustrated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a basket or receptacle extended as it appears when in use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the basket or receptacle folded. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the extended basket, showing also in dotted lines the position the outer side and bottom of the basket assumes when folded. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of one of the brackets, showing the manner in which the same is formed from sheet metal, showing also a small section of the inner wall or side of the basket.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views.

In carrying out the present invention a pair of brackets 1 is employed. Each of said brackets is formed from a piece of sheet metal, which is folded longitudinally at about a central point to comprise tWo leaves, which serve as a receptacle for one of the vertical side edges of the inner wall or side of the basket or receptacle, the latter being shown at 2. The main body of the bracket is substantially vertical, so that the bracket hangs pendent from the hanger by which it is suspended. The upper end of each bracket is deflected at substantially a right angle to form a substantially horizontal extension 3, which is adapted to be received in an eye or hanger 4, in the form ofa sheet-metal loop or bail secured to the under side of a sewingmachine table or other support, at a point slightly removed from the edge thereof. Each bracket is also provided at the upper end of its body portion with a forwardly or outwardly extending ear 5 and at its lower extremity with a second outwardly-extending ear 6, to which one of the swinging frames is pivotall y connected. The rear or inner side or wall 2 of the basket or receptacle is composed, preferably, of meshed wire fabric, and its vertical side edges are confined between the folded portions or leaves of the two hangers, the latter being located at a suitable distance apart, according to the length of the basket or receptacle, and the edges of the rear side being confined within the brackets by indenting or mashing the leaves'or folded portions of the brackets in a manner that will be readily understood,

7 designates a pair of swinging frames,each of which comprises a substantially horizontal upper arm 8, an oblique or inclined outer arm or portion 9, and an inwardly-declining lower portion or arm 10. The upper and lower arms 8 and 10 are connected pivotally at the points 11 with the ears 5 and 6, respectively, so that the swinging frames are adapted to move horizontally or to swing on vertical axes.

12 represents the outer wall of the basket or receptacle, which is also constructed of meshed wire fabric and which corresponds in height to the distance between the upper and lower arms 8 and 10, being about equal to the length of the inclined or oblique arms 9. At its bottom edge the side 12 has a jointed and hinged connection with the bottom 13 of the basket, and the bottom is hinged to the lower edge of the inner side 2. The bottom itself is divided longitudinally or jointed on a central line, comprising two equal and similar sections,which are coupled together by means of metal bands or rings 14, so that the contiguous edges of the bottom sections can move upward when the basket is folded. The front and rear edges of the bottom are hingedly connected to the outer and inner sides of the basket by similar rings or bands 15, and the outer side or wall 12 of the basket is connected to the brackets 1 at each end of the basket by means of one or more chains or flexible connections 16, which serve to limit the outward movement of the outer side and which also constitute end guards for preventing the contents of the basket from escaping at either end thereof. By inclining the outer portions 9 of the swinging frames the outer side 12 of the basket or receptacle will be normally held in its extended position for use by gravity, due to the fact that the upper edge of the outer side has a tendency to fold outward, but is limited by the connections 16 and also by the arms or portions 9 of the swinging frames. When it is desired to fold the basket or receptacle, it is only necessary to swing the frames 7 inward toward each other, whereupon they will act upon the outer side of the basket and force the latter inward, thus causing the jointed bottom to collapse in the manner shown in dotted lines in the drawings, whereupon by continuing the inward-swinging movements of the frames 7 the outer side 12 will be folded compactly against the inner side and brackets 1 and the swinging frames.7 will moveinto a plane parallel to the folded sides of the basket. By locating the eye or hanger at a point sufficiently remote from the edge of the table or support the folded receptacle will be comprised wholly within the plane of such edge of the table, where it will afford no projection.

I do not desire to limitmyself to the details of construction herein shown and described, but reserve the right to change, modify, and

vvary the construction at will within the scope of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a basket or receptacle of the character described, the combination with two relatively movable side frames, of folding sections constituting the bottom and front wall of the receptacle and designed to be folded by the movement of the movable side frames, substantially as specified.

2. In a basket of the character described, the combination with independent pivoted side frames, of a folding wall and a folding bottom supported within the pivoted side frames and designed to be actuated thereby, substantially as specified.

3. In a basket of the character described, the combination with a suitable support, of a pair of pendent brackets adapted to be removably secured to said support, independent swinging side frames carried by said brackets and having substantially vertical and parallel axes, a stationary wall connected to said brackets, a movable front wall and a folding bottom consisting of a plurality of longitudinally-extending sections supported at their opposite extremities by the side frames, said bottom and movable front wall being adapted to be folded against the stationary wall by the movement of the swinging side frames, substantially as specified.

4. In a basket or receptacle of the character described, the combination with a pair of brackets spaced apart and connected by one wall of the basket, of a pair of swinging frames pivotally connected to said brackets upon substantially vertical pivots and having inclined arms, an inclined folding wall and a folding bottom carried by the swinging frames and designed to be folded by the movement thereof, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a pair of brackets spaced apart, of a side or wall connecting said brackets, a pair of swinging frames pivotally connected to said brackets and comprising oblique arms or portions, a folding side arranged within said swinging frames and adapted to rest against the oblique portions thereof, a longitudinally divided and jointed bottom connecting the two sides of the basket, and flexible limiting connections interposed between the brackets and folding side of the basket, substantially as described.

6. In a basket of the character described, the combination with a pair of brackets each formed of a piece of sheet metal folded lon gitudinally upon itself to comprise oppositelylocated leaves and also having its end portions bent to form lips, of a side having its edges received between the folded portions of said brackets, swinging frames pivotally connected to said brackets and having inclined outer and lower portions, a folding side, and a jointed and folding or collapsible bottom hingedly connected to both sides of the basket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARIAM C. ARRICK.

Witnesses 13. R. MALLERY, D. H. ARRIOK. 

